Star Trek CCG Dream Cards AtoZ

Today: A bit of archaeology... THE ENTRIES: [96] Debin [97] Debrune [98] Decius (no card required) [99] DeCurtis, Ensign [100] Dedestris NOTES:  [96] If there is no romantic involvement in the personnel's lore, then the boost applies. Source: "The Outrageous Okona" [97] Why at the Dubrune entry? Because the race is an offshoot of the Romulans/Vulcans and their ruined outposts contained pieces of the Stone artifact. The NA Away Team must be unmixed, obviously. Source: "Gambit, Part II" [98] This Romulan personnel was given a card in the Alternate Universe expansion. [99] Keep him with that pesky infiltrator so as not to get any strange orders issued. Source: "Whispers" [100] Another of those Delta Quadrant missions that are designed for specific DQ species/micro-affiliations, which is how I thought the DQ folk would work in the game, until Decipher surprised me with non-NA Vidiians, Kazon, etc. Not that Sikarians would have become a full affiliation. Th...

A rare Star Trek Christmas moment... THE ENTRIES: [91] "Deadlock" [92] Deadwood [93] Dealt, Lieutenant Commander Hester [94] Dean, Lieutenant [95] "Death Wish" Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [91] You'll need Vidiians for some Delta Quadrant missions, so I made a universal one. He was nameless on the show, so I gave him the name of the actor who played him, Ray Proscia. Decipher named him Nadirum and released him in their Voyager expansion (included for comparison). Source: "Deadlock" [92] Since Ancient West turns your Deadwood-specific [holo] personnel into androids, you can see how the game text would become relevant. Source: "A Fistful of Datas" [93] Source: "The Child" [94] When in play, you can take advantage of Manheim's doorway by downloading the card about to be played by your opponent, thus creating an instant hiccup. The first name is taken from the person who inspired the character's name in the fir...

Okay, one last Dax entry, but it's not a Dax card... THE ENTRIES: [86] "Dax" [87] Day, Colonel (no card required) [88] Dayos IV [89] Daystrom Institute [90] de Laure belt NOTES:  [86] The first function affects both players' personae. Gets rid of those pesky Garaks. Release of captured personnel only occurs at countdown's end. One way to use this: self-seed Extradition and allow your opponent to capture you (difficult, but you might want to look at infiltrators), then have yourself released to the facility of your choice, even your opponent's. Source: "Dax" [87] Colonel Day got a card in the Deep Space Nine expansion. [88] Adds to the Blood Oath theme. The ship your opponent must decloak is one of theirs, of course. Source: Referenced in "Blood Oath" [89] The Institute seeds during the facility phase. The skill must be named at that time. You may only seed one. Source: "Remembrance" [90] I thought Ferengi would want to attempt thi...

The other half of the Daxes... THE ENTRIES: [81] Dax, Joran [82] Dax, Lela [83] Dax, son of Kang [84] Dax, Tobin [85] Dax, Torias NOTES:  [81] Also a persona of Joran Belar. Source: "Equilibrium" [82] Since Lela was first in so many areas, she can report first to any facility (in the entire game, not any particular turn). Source: "Facets" [83] Kang's son is, to me, the opposite of Alexander Rozhenko while sharing the same exact skills. Source: Referenced in "Blood Oath", pic modified from the Klingon child in Discovery's "Point of Light" [84] A play on both the math skills and the slight-of-hand, the special ability requires you to name any number. If that number is found in the game text, lore, card title or attributes, your opponent must show you that card, or those cards if multiple. (Be honest!) Copyright notices are not legal targets. Source: "Facets" [85] Source: "Facets" Next up: Okay, one last Dax entry, but it...

Getting into Dax's hosts... THE ENTRIES: [76] Dax, Audrid [77] Dax, Curzon [78] Dax, Emony [79] Dax, Jadzia (mirror) [80] Dax, Jadzia (no card required) Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [76] Discussion on how the Daxes work: The order of the hosts is in bold as a special type of persona. The first host can be replaced by the second, the second by the third, etc. but when switched, they are discarded. If, at any time, they are naturally discarded, you may download the next host to that location (if possible) safe and sound. Could lead to an odd theme deck. Jadzia's lore would be errataed to have her eighth host position in boldface, Ezri's with her ninth host position in boldface (do I need to maybe make these in Broken Links?). Source: "Facets" [77] Acts as a single-site Treaty. Note the nemesis icon against The Albino. Source: "Emissary" [78] According to the dates, I'm placing this host as the first to be a member of the Federation. S...

Gearing up to do a bunch of Dax cards... THE ENTRIES: [71] Davila, Carmen [72] Da Vinci Falls [73] Davis, Ensign [74] Davlos III [75] Dax (symbiont) NOTES:  [71] Source: "Silicon Avatar" [72] No matter how many Da Vinci Falls you play, you can only change one requirement on a particular mission. Allows you to change requirements that were already changed through terraforming, even on your opponent's mission. The second function is just for fun and theme's sake, but it allows Leonardo to report outside the Delta quadrant. Source: Referenced in "Second Sight" [73] If there is no adjacent site, the escape cannot occur. Source: "Violations" [74] A big mission for the Ferengi as their STRENGTH isn't going to be high on average. With your opponent playing Klingons, the mission requires STRENGTH>50 and is worth 50 points. Source: "Visionary" [75] My original try at the symbiont itself was a Neutral persona that could survive without a hos...

Today: A Kathryn Janeway... THE ENTRIES: [66] Dathan [67] Dathon (no card required) [68] "Dauphin, The" [69] Davenport, Lucille [70] Davies, Ensign  NOTES:  [66] He may suspend the effects of your or your opponent's Equipment (shuffle together for random selection). That equipment is effectively disabled and cannot help pass dilemmas, solve missions, etc. Source: "Remember" [67] Already exists as a Non-Aligned personnel in the Alternate Universe expansion. [68] The first function presupposes that unimportant Calloway and Simon Tarses only have a mild crush (they are uninteresting anyway), while Wesley is lovestruck a good five turns. Pretty much the episode, I'd say. The limit only applies to the second function, according to the punctuation. Source: "The Dauphin" [69] New icon: Holo-persona (it's the holographic icon in red). I've decided to do holo-persona in the following manner: a Holodeck must be present for them to report/be switched....

Data already has a card, but that's no reason not to do Data stuff... THE ENTRIES: [61] data crystal [62] "Data's Day" [63] Data (no card required) [64] "Datalore" [65] dataport NOTES:  [61] Your infiltrator must be present with the Equipment, meaning that it leaves the skill in there (not losing it itself) before going off to your opponent's side of the table. You can, of course, find your Equipment present when the infiltrator is on the other side, but this will be harder to pull off. The skill can be changed by any of your infiltrators. Source: "A Simple Investigation" [62] The Music personnel doesn't even have to be yours. The minority gender is whichever gender is present in the least quantity. If there are 2 females and 4 males, for example, 2 of each will be stopped. In case of a tie (2 of each, let's say), then either is the minority and all are stopped. Source: "Data's Day" [63] Already exists, of course, ever sin...

Hand out some Darwin awards... THE ENTRIES: [56] Darvin, Arne [57] darvot fritters [58] Darwin Genetic Research Station [59] Darwin, Frank [60] data clip Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [56] Gives the Klingons a chance to infiltrate, too. The Encyclopedia entry gave me a choice here between the 24th-century Darvin or the one from TOS, and I chose the earlier one (who has since been made by Decipher for the Trouble with Tribbles expansion, included for comparison). I thought he was more interesting. Source: "The Trouble with Tribbles" [57] Flips over like distortion field. Other Food cards can be returned to hand voluntarily or by making upkeeping personnel leave the Food-serving site. Not this one, to keep players from reporting it active every turn. Source: "Phage" [58] The original design for this required probing and there was no room for all that stuff on the card, so I tightened it up. A clone would include Kahless, for example. Only one card may...

Hitting that bullseye... THE ENTRIES: [51] Darod [52] darseks [53] Darson, Captain [54] Darthen [55] darts NOTES:  [51] Source: "Resistance" [52] A way to make the Ferengi buy their stuff from others. You can steal from your own Klingons as well as from your opponent's. Source: "The Broken Circle" [53] This was a hard one since he's basically a screw-up we've never seen. He's matching commander of a ship he can download. Sure, he'll die if he ever faces Primitive Culture, but since it's a planet dilemma, and he's basically there for his Captain's Log, he can stay in orbit. Source:  Referenced in "Tin Man" [54] "Here" only refers to the planet surface. Source: "Man of the People" [55] A few different probe result possibilities, using actual "species" information and classifications as well as the usual icons. The objective is only discarded on a Lame arm result (the players abandon the game), so ...